“Donald Trump does not have a pet, having called the idea of presidential pets ‘phony’ and rejected a goldendoodle offered to him by a Palm Beach philanthropist, even though his son Barron apparently adored it. (‘How would I look walking a dog on the White House lawn?’ Trump commented.) He has even been accused of “hating dogs” because of his consistent use of ‘dog’ as a pejorative for his enemies, and the New York Times gave space to an op-ed criticizing Trump for not possessing a dog and begging him to show moral leadership by acquiring one. (‘Is it so wrong to think that Donald Trump’s character might have been changed — just the smallest bit — if there were a dog beneath his roof? … Mr. President, I want to believe that somewhere deep inside you, there is a good boy, still waiting to be born.’) .”
